Peach resigns as GOP chair to run for judge

5:53 PM,
Nov. 21, 2013

Jeff Peach

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Jeff Peach confirmed today that he resigned Wednesday from serving as chairman of the Rutherford County Republican Party to run for judge.

He intends to run as a Republican for a seat held by Circuit Court Judge Mark Rogers, a Democrat.

The local GOP Executive Committee will have 30 days to find a successor, and Vice Chairwoman Christy Sanford will serve as the interim chairwoman, said Peach, noting that party rules require that the vice chair leader be of the opposite gender of the chair leader. ...